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APPENDIX.
FIRST REPORT,
THE VESTRY OF ST, MARY, ISLINGTON,
TO THE SANITARY COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen,
In reporting upon the Sanitary Staff and their duties we
deem it desirable to point out, in the first place, that upon the passing
of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, and the constituting
of the Vestry as the Local Authority, and also as the Nuisance
Authority under the Nuisance Removal Act for England, 1855, the
Vestry appointed a Medical Officer of Health and two Inspectors of
Nuisances, tho clerical work necessary in connection with these
officers being carried out by the clerks employed in the Vestry Clerk's
offices.
At that time (1856) the Parish contained about 125,000 inhabitants,
with 16,660 houses.
Ten years later (May, 1866) two additional Inspectors were
appointed, the population being then 183,695, in 23,273 houses. In
April of the following year (1867), one of the additional Inspectors
having resigned, a Superintendent Inspector was appointed and a
separate Sanitary Department created, with a staff of three Inspectors
engaged in District inspection work, and the Superintendent, who
received and gave directions, kept the sanitary records, and conducted
the business and correspondence of the office.
The passing of the Sanitary Act, 1866, which made the inspection
of the district for the purpose of ascertaining the existence of nuisances